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Former prefecture in South Aegean, Greece
Cyclades
Νομός Κυκλάδων
Former prefecture
Location of Cyclades in Greece
Location of municipalities within Cyclades Prefecture
Country
Greece
Periphery
South Aegean
Established
1833
Disestablished
2010
Capital
Ermoupoli
Subdivisions
List
9 provinces
20 municipalities
11 communities
Area
• Total
2,572 km2 (993 sq mi)
• Rank
23rd
Population
(2005)
• Total
119,549
• Rank
29th
• Density
46/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Rank
34th
Postal codes
84x xx
Area codes
228x0
ISO 3166 code
GR-82
Vehicle registration
ΕΜ
The Cyclades (/ˈsɪklədiːz/; Greek: Κυκλάδες, romanized: Kykládes, IPA:[ciˈkla.ðes]) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name (Κυκλάδες νήσοι, Kykládes nísoi, 'encircling islands') refers to the archipelago forming a circle around the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos, however the most populated is Syros.
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funding be rescinded. By 1981, Cyclades was forced to shut down.[citation needed] The most important legacy of CYCLADES was in showing that moving the...
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also /ˈmiːk-/; Greek: Μύκονος [ˈmikonos]) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of...
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2800 BC to 2701 BC. c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2775 BC...
and is the remnant of a caldera. It is the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a...
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can be divided into several island groups, including the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic islands and the North Aegean Islands, as well...
in the Cyclades and it is at this time that Mycenaean involvement on the islands increases. At Phylakopi (and unknown in the rest of the Cyclades) a megaron...
Σύρος [ˈsiros]), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens...
iconic feature of the Greek island of the Mykonos. The island is one of the Cyclades islands, which neighbour Delos in the Aegean Sea. The windmills can be...
also prominent elements of Cretan music on the Dodecanese Islands and Cyclades. The Aegean Islands have a rich folk dance tradition. For example; syrtos...
clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean...
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Greek: Δῆλος, Doric Greek: Δᾶλος), near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and...
clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean...